Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Lavendaire.
Previously, I made a video
called "My Camera Setup for YouTube" where I shared the things I used to make videos
and recommended some cameras for people who are starting out on YouTube.
You can watch that video here.
But today I just wanted to give an update
on my new camera gear, and also just share the camera gear that I bring with me as I
travel:
cameras for vlogging and for taking photos, mostly for Instagram.
This is my new baby.
This is the Sony A7S II, and I've had this for a few months now.
I got it right after I did YouTube Nextup because they gave us a gift card to purchase
new equipment, which was really cool.
Basically, this is my second camera.
I use this to shoot B-roll and more filmy, pretty scenes because I still use my Canon
80D to shoot
this kind of vlog because it has a flip-out screen.
I like to be able to see myself
with a flip-out screen, and I really like my Sigma lens.
So I still have that camera but I got this camera because it's really powerful
for low-light shooting videos.
So whenever I travel, I don't have control of the lighting
and this…just the video quality, it just looks so gorgeous.
It’s like film.
And people do shoot
short films on this thing so it's super powerful.
The Sony A7S, it's a full frame camera.
I've just wanted to upgrade to full frame.
I got this because it's a mirrorless camera, which means it has a smaller body.
This camera is just so much easier to travel with than my Canon because it's smaller,
plus I got this lens for my Sony: the 24-70. this range covers everything that I need
when I'm shooting travel vlogs and travel photography.
I just wanted to get one lens
for this camera because I didn't want to be changing lenses here and there.
So even though it could be much more powerful and prettier with some prime lenses,
I'm really happy with this zoom lens that I have right now.
The only downside to the Sony A7S is, like I said, the screen doesn't flip out 180 degrees.
I can't really film myself with this camera.
So that's the biggest thing.
Also: it doesn't have a touchscreen and my Canon has a touchscreen,
so I've had to get used to navigating the Sony menu and stuff.
So yeah, this is my main camera for shooting video and photos when I'm traveling.
I think,
if you look at my Instagram, maybe 75% of the photos are taken with this
and then the other 25% are taken with my iPhone.
And I got this case
that molds perfectly to the shape of this camera which is really convenient
because it's small enough to fit in my little backpack purse.
It basically looks like this
in its case and I just put it in my purse just like this.
The second camera that I bring with me is the Sony Point-and-Shoot.
This is the RX100 III,
and this one has the flip-out screen.
This is actually perfect for vlogging on the go,
if you want to look at yourself.
And the quality of the images is really good already,
so this is pretty good.
It's just the fact that I wanted to be more creative with my shots.
I wanted to create more bokeh in the back, and I just wanted to create more filmy,
travel-style vlogs, just filmy videos in general.
So if you go to my Instagram and scroll,
I have some videos that are like mini-movies.
I want to create 1-minute mini-movies
or Instagram and that's why I like to have my bigger camera to do that kind of stuff.
But honestly, this camera is fine for vlogging, for photos, whatever.
Next, I just bring one tripod with me when I travel.
I always have this in my purse.
I don't use it as much as I'd want to but I always have it with me.
This is the
Manfrotto mini-tripod right here.
It's small but it's super strong.
You can put a really
heavy camera on here, like my big camera does just fine.
And there's a button
you can push here that–you can move this thing up top.
I'm going to test out how I like this.
I'm going to see if I can do some vlogging like this.
I don't know, it's just nice to have
one tripod with you, something that's small and powerful.
Next, I just have this pouch of extra batteries.
I have two extra batteries for my Sony A7S II,
the big camera because that one kind of goes through batteries really fast.
It just doesn't hold that much charge.
And the small one, I just have one extra battery
that I have in this little pouch.
I don't know if you watched my previous video on packing tips.
I love pouches.
I keep pouches from everything.
These are not pouches that I've bought.
I always use pouches from other stuff.
So this is a pouch from an Amazon remote.
This is a pouch from a beauty eyeshadow thing.
Those are the cameras that I travel with.
They are more than enough to suit my needs
and my desires.
As you can tell, I am on the Sony train now.
I do love Canon and,
like I said, I still use my Canon 80D, but this is becoming my constant favorite camera.
I always use this to practice photography and shoot everything in my daily life.
This is the camera I carry with me every single day of my life because I want to shoot photos
for fun, you know, for Instagram.
If you want to shoot photos, actually, more than videos,
I would recommend you get the Sony A7R II or just the A7, because the A7S II is for
video.
It's more catered towards filmmakers because of its low-light capabilities.
It shoots 4K.
It has a lot stuff in here.
But for me, because I mainly shoot video, plus I like to take photos,
this is the camera for me.
This is a really popular camera now, with YouTubers.
I've seen more and more people converting to Sony, so it's kind of crazy.
You can research all those Sony vs. Canon videos.
I'm sure you'll find that Sony
is up-and-coming and they're taking over.
Alright, links to everything are down below.
Thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you next time.
Bye!